Spooky Sentiments.....

These were my halloween cards for last month's card group......

Vintage halloween

I made this using a cute vintage halloween image that I mounted onto a board painted with crakle paint.... I thought it would be so cute used a halloween display.

Pour some Cinnamon and Sugar

I just learned this delicious tip from a good friend of mine and it adds a little extra DELICIOUSNESS to your baked goods.......When making sweet breads that have cinnamon in the recipe coat your pan with a cinnamon sugar mixture instead of flour and sprinkle some on top before baking as well.....(when making my pumpkin bread I sprayed the pan with non-stick cooking spray and then dusted the pan with a generous coat of the cinnamon sugar mixture!) It adds a sweet crispy crunch to the crust and as a bonus, the bread/rolls/muffins don't stick at all!!!

for my sister.

Dining room wall

across from the piano
up the stairway...this took me about six months :)
entry hall

This post is mostly for my sister who has asked me to send pics of my "collages" that I am JUST getting around to hanging on my walls. pathetic considering we have been in this house nearly a year now. Anyways, thought it might be a bit of a "domestic inspiration" to someone else...

or maybe not :)

My Mom Was Martha Before Martha Was Cool.

I took this picture at my mom's house in her "work room". This depicts her to a "t". Not only is her thread organized on a picture frame/cork board with straight pins but they are color coded. It has a femine vintage look on her wall and looks great.

Budget Beauty

I know this is more of a home, craftiness blog but who doesn't enjoy being a little kinder on the pocket book so you can splurge on all those cute crafts. These are two of my favorite cheap beauty secrets.

I love Cover Girl Professional Mascara. I've tried all the cheap ones. I've tried the expensive ones and this one wins hands down. It doesn't irritate my contacts, it doesn't flake, it doesn't clump, it adds volume and extends. It's magic in a blue tube. I use Cetaphil phase soap every morning and night. It is cheap-ola, in price not quality. I like the bar soap the best and it runs around $3 and lasts for about 4 months. It moisturizes just enough and cleans at the same time. A dermatologist recommended this to me along time ago and I have been hooked ever since.

Now go and spend the money that you saved purchasing these cheap beauty items on something fabulous for your house. You can tell where my priorities are. What are your Budget Beauty secrets?

Freedom

I love the fourth of July and I love vintage holiday art..... So I have been wanting to create some fourth of July deco with some of my vintage fourth of July images..... I made a cute little sign using a board that I crackle painted to make it look aged then created a festive mat for an adorable "My country tis of thee" vintage postcard...

I also made a white-washed American flag that I painted on another board.....(gotta love home depots remnant boards!)

Then I found these star boxes that I painted with a crackle finish for my metal basket.....